Intro:       D5 - C5 - G5 - Gadd11 - G5       2x

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  Mary  cries out: for the  love of God 
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  As she's  walking out of the  Laundromat 
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  Down the  street and it's the  short way home 
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  Feeling  special cause she's  so alone    But we know:
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      The world's full of  lonely people      And it shows
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      The world's full of  lonely people 
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  She shrugs her  coat off and un-  locks the door 
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  Eats her  dinner on the  kitchen floor 
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  Writes a  poem and turns the  radio on 
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  Every  singer sings the  same old song    And it goes:
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     The world's full of  lonely people        And it shows
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      The world's full of  lonely

             D5                                   
But when she  wanted me to go
         A5             C5 *      Bb5                      
She just    had to let it   show 
 A5                                               
 To bring me down 
       D5                                         
if she   wanted me to leave
        A5              C5 *       Bb5                     
She just   wore it on her   sleeve 
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  But at least, I was a-  round 

Break:
 D5 - C5 - G5 - Gadd11 - G5       3x

             D5                                   
But when she  wanted me to go
         A5             C5 *      Bb5                      
She just    had to let it   show 
 A5                                               
 To bring me down 
       D5                                         
if she   wanted me to leave
        A5              C5 *       Bb5                     
She just   wore it on her   sleeve 
 A5                    D5      
  But at least, I was a-  rou..

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  Mary  Ellen makes the  moment count 
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  As she's  looking through old  photographs 
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  Pictures  taken from an  early age 
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  Faces  look back at her  from the page   And they say
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      The world's full of  lonely people    It's ok
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     The world's full of  lonely people    It's ok
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     The world's full of  

             D5                                   
But when she  wanted me to go
         A5             C5 *      Bb5                      
She just    had to let it   show 
 A5                                               
 To bring me down 
       D5                                         
if she   wanted me to leave
        A5              C5 *       Bb5                     
She just   wore it on her   sleeve 
 A5                      D5       A5                    
   But at least, I was a-  round 
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   I was a-  round 
         D5     A5                                   
I was a-  round 
 C5 *       Bb5      A5                                    
  I was a-  round 

In between:
 D5 - A5 - C5 * - Bb5 - A5       3x

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  Mary  Ellen makes the  moment count //